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Picture Perfect

BySteeljawscribe 21 November 200921 November 2009

. . . Mere words can not begin to express. . .

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â€œAir Raid Pearl Harbor. This is Not A Drill.â€*
BySteeljawscribe 6 December 2011

(*Telegraph from Patrol Wing Two Headquarters warning of the attack on Pearl Harbor) On this, the eve of the 70th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor… Â Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: <– Listen to the speech Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date…

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Re-enter The DF-21D ASBM
BySteeljawscribe 18 July 2011

A Reminder – Pandas May Be Cute, But They Have Sharp Teeth and Claws… The DF-21D Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) is in play again in the press and implicitly linked in comments by the Vice Chairman of the Joint Staff that cancellation of at least one of the Ford-class carriers and retirement of some number…

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Midway 70 Years Later: June 3rd — First Contact
BySteeljawscribe 3 June 2012

WEDNESDAY, 3 JUNE 1942 ALASKA: In an attempt to divert forces from the Midway area, a Japanese carrier-based bombers and fighters bomb and strafe Ft Mears and Dutch Harbor in several waves inflicting little damage but killing 52 US personnel. P-40s from Cold Bay trying to intercept them arrive 10 minutes after the last attack…

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VAW-121 Hawkeye Down
BySteeljawscribe 31 March 20104 April 2010

(Breaking) Getting early reports that an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the VAW-121 (“Bluetails”) is down in the North Arabian Sea.Â The crew evidently conducted a controlled bailout and three of the four have been recovered by SAR efforts.Â Â Fourth remains missing after four hours. I can only speculate on what the cause of the mishap…

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USNI: A Change In Mission Statement?
BySteeljawscribe 24 February 201124 February 2011

The Board of Directors at the US Naval Institue (of which, full disclosure, I am a Life member) has evidently determined that the “mission statement” that has served the organization for 138 years is in need of an overhaul. Norman Polmar disagrees: I am writing to you–fellow members of the U.S. Naval Institute–to urge that…

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The Sinking of the INS EILAT: 50th Anniversary of the First Surface to Surface Engagement with ASCM’s
BySteeljawscribe 21 October 201721 October 2017

The following is an extract of a larger work I am preparing on fifty years of ASCM combat use and hopefully will be available in the coming year. – SJS Forces – Israel. The INS EILAT (K40) was originally commissioned in 1944 as the HMS ZEALOUS, a Z-class destroyer that saw extensive action as convoy…

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Andy (JADAA) says:

22 November 2009 at 10:29

Perfect…and I notice there’s another $%^&ing FPOD walkdown going on about the 1-wire! 🙂

Thanks, it’s now wallpaper!

VR,
Andy
Andy (JADAA) says:

22 November 2009 at 10:30

Uh, make that “FOD” walkdown. (where’s the edit button?)
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